North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Liliaceae > Clintonia
	Bluebead Lily, Yellow Corn Lily (Clintonia borealis) Watauga Co., NC 25 July 2006 Common in montane forests in NC.
	Bluebead Lily, Yellow Corn Lily (Clintonia borealis) Watauga Co., NC 25 July 2006 Berries are a rich Duke blue when ripe.

	White Clintonia, Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Common in the NC mountains in various (usually oak) forests.
	White Clintonia, Speckled Wood Lily (Clintonia umbellulata) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Clintonia umbellulata has white flowers, while the species above has yellow flowers.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.